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Mrs. Goins from Chesapeake, VA is requesting educational kits & games through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Bringing Play Back Into the Classroom

Help me give my students alternative recess options and fine motor games/toys. I'm hoping to bring play back into Kindergarten!

  • $402 goal

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My Students

I love to partner with parents and students to love learning and love themselves. Each child's life is so valuable and, in my classroom, I make sure all my students know it. I teach at a Title One School in Chesapeake, VA. We serve over 900 students in grades Pre-K-2. Since I teach Kindergarten, I am their first venture to school expectations and learning. I guide them on a journey of self-discovery- what they think about, how they respond to others, and what they can do.

I love watching them grow in confidence when they realize they can be far greater than what they thought possible.

My Project

I write this project thinking about my own small kids ages 5, 3, 1, and 7 months. I want them to enjoy being kids. I want them to PLAY. The items I picked in this project are things I think my Kindergarteners will ENJOY and need for school readiness in the classroom.

The yoga spots and the jump ropes will serve as great alternative options for recess if students need to play on their own or have social anxieties.

The fine motor games and "bots" are great things for my children to engage in during the first 20 days of school. Since we live in the age of technology and swiping, a lot of children aren't getting enough strength in their hand/wrist muscles to actually hold a pencil probably and/or write.

Through play, I hope to get those fingers and eye coordination up to speed!

Mrs. Goins
Grades PreK-2

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
HotSpots Yoga Exercise Set • Nasco $43.95 1 $43.95
8-ft. Jump Ropes with Blue Handles • Nasco $32.95 1 $32.95
LL459 - Geoboard Design Center • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AC225 - Alpha-Bots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
TT818 - Getting Ready to Write Gumball Grab • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
AA397 - Extra Easy-Grip Jumbo Pegs - Set of 100 • Lakeshore Learning Materials $29.99 1 $29.99
BR281 - Honeybee Tree Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $19.99 1 $19.99
AC226 - Number-Bots • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
AA382 - Easy-Grip Jumbo Pegs & Pegboard Set • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
TR798 - Don’t Let the Bugs Fall! Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
TR673 - Monkeying Around Game • Lakeshore Learning Materials $16.99 1 $16.99
AA396 - Extra Jumbo Pegboard • Lakeshore Learning Materials $6.99 2 $13.98

Materials cost

$298.79

Vendor shipping charges

 $7.69

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.48

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$340.96

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$60.17

Total project goal

$401.13

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $401.13

1 Donor

-$300.00

Donations toward project cost

-$255.00

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$45.00

match offer

-$101.13

Match offer toward project cost

-$85.96

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$15.17

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 $0.00

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